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Camaegeria lychnitis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sesiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Camaegeria

Camaegeria lychnitis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Madagascar.

This species has a wingspan of 15–17.5mm. The holotype and most paratypes provided from the region of Moramanga and Andasibe from an altitude range between 1000 and 1150m. Most of them were caught in disturbed primary forests.

This species can be distinguished from other species of this genus by its red anal tuft.

References

Camaegeria lychnitis Wikipedia